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Events
On October 15, the Korea Economic Institute, the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs held a workshop titled Future of the United States–Republic of Korea Relationship at KEI in Washington, D.C.
The first panel focused on the survey data collected by the Chicago Council and the Asan Institute. Scott Snyder, from the Council on Foreign Relations, presented the Chicago Council Data, while Dr. Jiyoon Kim, Director of the Public Opinion Studies Center at the Asan Institute, presented the Asan data.
The second panel discussed the role of the U.S. in the Asia-Pacific during the next administration, using the survey data as a starting point. Dr. Abraham Kim, President (Interim) of KEI moderated the session, and the panelists were Dr. Victor Cha (CSIS), Michael Schiffer (U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs), and Dr. Jung-Yeop Woo, Director of Security Studies at the Asan Institute.
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Senior Fellow
Dr. KIM Jiyoon is a senior fellow in the Public Opinion Studies Program at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies. Previously, Dr. Kim was a postdoctoral research fellow at Université de Montréal. Her research interests include elections and voting behavior, American politics, and political methodology. Her recent publications include “Political judgment, perceptions of facts, and partisan effects” (Electoral Studies, 2010), “Public spending, public deficits, and government coalition” (Political Studies, 2010), and “The Party System in Korea and Identity Politics” (in Larry Diamond and Shin Giwook Eds., New Challenges for Maturing Democracies in Korea and Taiwan, Stanford University Press, 2014). She received her B.A. from Yonsei University, M.P.P. in public policy from the University of California, Berkeley, and Ph.D. in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Research Fellow
Dr. Woo Jung-Yeop is a research fellow at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies. Previously, Dr. Woo was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Korean Studies Institute at the University of Southern California and also an Associate Analyst for Gallup Korea and the Korea Research Company. Dr. Woo’s research focuses on foreign military intervention in civil wars and the relationship between foreign policy-making and public opinion. Dr. Woo received a B.A. from Seoul National University, M.P.P. from Georgetown University, and his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.